Dan Cypra

Over the weekend, action from the 2011 National Heads-Up Poker Championship continued airing on NBC over the course of two hours on Sunday at 11:00am ET. The pairings from the opening round in the Spades, Clubs, and Diamonds brackets aired and the field was chopped from 64 players to 32. The Spades bracket included a…

It’s been a hectic 10 days for the online poker community. On April 15th, the founders of PokerStars, Absolute Poker, and Full Tilt Poker were indicted, along with eight others, on charges that included money laundering, bank fraud, illegal gambling, and violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Monitoring the situation has been the…

“High Stakes Poker” rolled on last night on GSN. However, following the indictment of PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg and the seizure of player bankrolls around the world, the cash game series shed nearly all of its PokerStars branding. The only inklings of the room that remained were PokerStars logos stuck on players’ clothing. “High Stakes…

On Sunday at Noon ET, the 2011 National Heads-Up Poker Championship will continue airing on NBC. The series, which is sponsored by GoDaddy and features Craig Hummer and Ali Nejad on the call, continued to feature PokerStars ads during commercial breaks last week despite the indictment of the site’s founder Isai Scheinberg on April 15th.…

In light of the recent actions by the U.S. Department of Justice against the founders of Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, and PokerStars, the World Team Poker Championship Event scheduled for May 24th to 26th in Las Vegas has been postponed. As far as when the tournament could play out, a press release issued by…

On Thursday, the CEREUS Network site Absolute Poker broke its silence following the indictments of Scott Tom and Brent Beckley in the United States one week ago. Absolute Poker has enlisted the aid of Blank Rome LLP and is currently in discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice. When it will make its next move…

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice came to an agreement with PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker to facilitate player cashouts by returning their dot-com domain names for that purpose. When the checks will start rolling out remains to be seen, as a press release issued by Full Tilt cautioned, “There exists no authorized U.S.…

In an episode of “The Showdown with Jon Friedberg” filmed prior to last Friday’s indictments of 11 people, including the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker, Steve “gboro780” Gross discusses his high-stakes online poker career. Little did we all know that within a few days of filming, his life and the lives…

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a deal with PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker to begin the process of paying out players affected by last week’s indictments. Although a significant number of questions are still left unanswered, the process of paying out money owed to U.S. customers on PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker…

In another blow to the poker industry, the “PokerStars Big Game” and “PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge,” which both aired on Fox, have been yanked from the network. Poker News Daily confirmed the news on Monday, with a source close to the situation revealing that it was “probably a mutual decision.” ESPN’s Gary Wise first broke…

Weighing in on the mess that is the fallout from Black Friday was U.S. Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), who gave his two cents on the indictments of the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker. In an interview with The Hill, Frank labeled the actions by the Department of Justice “an incredible waste…

The past 72 hours have featured an upheaval of the online poker community, as the founders of PokerStars, Absolute Poker, and Full Tilt Poker were all indicted on charges that included violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and money laundering. Among the various organizations weighing in was the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), whose…

Despite carrying the sponsorship of PokerStars, “High Stakes Poker” rolled on over the weekend. The GSN cash game franchise, whose new episodes can be seen at 8:00pm ET and 11:00pm ET on Saturdays, is in its seventh season. “High Stakes Poker” features funny man Norm Macdonald calling the action and PartyPoker pro Kara Scott conducting…

In the wake of Friday’s indictments of the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker, ESPN may be forced to adjust its programming in the coming week. The North American Poker Tour (NAPT), whose PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller final table and Bounty Shootout were scheduled to air on Monday on ESPN2,…

After yesterday’s indictment of its owners, PokerStars, formerly making its home on the URL PokerStars.com, will now move to PokerStars.eu according to a post from a site representative on TwoPlusTwo. The new domain loads normally from all parts of the world and boasts that nearly 150,000 players are logged in at the time of writing.…

The day just keeps getting worse for online poker players in the United States. Full Tilt Poker announced via a press release obtained by Poker News Daily that it will no longer accept real money action from U.S. players. The statement from Full Tilt read in part, “Unfortunately, as a result of this action, Full…

According to Business Insider, indicted Aussie payment processor Daniel Tzvetkoff may be the engine behind today’s online poker site seizures and Federal indictment. Tzvetkoff was arrested a year ago in Las Vegas and released on bail in September. His business reportedly consisted of payments for “repayments of short-term loans, transfer of funds to prepaid debit…

In what has been a lively afternoon in the online poker world, the Federal Government has seized the domain names belonging to PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, UB.com, and Absolute Poker. Poker News Daily has learned that PokerStars, the world’s largest site, has ceased taking action from the United States. According to a statement from the…

This week, a Nevada Assembly panel passed an amended version of AB 258, which was introduced by Nevada Assembly Majority Whip William Horne and discussed in the Nevada Assembly Committee on Judiciary in late March. According to the Associated Press, the amendments will put Nevada’s intrastate internet gaming interests on the sideline until the Federal…